Clothes-hanging device



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F. J. RENNEKA-MP. CLOTHES HANGING DEVICE:

No. 346,683. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.4

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FRANZIS J. RENNEKAMP, OF BRIDGETOVVN, OHIO.

CLOTH ES-HANGING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,683, dated August 3, 1886;

Application filed April 5, 1886. Serial No.197,'770. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANZIS J. RENNEKAMP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgetown, iu the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hanging Deyices for 'Wardrobes and Closets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved clothes hanger for wardrobes; and the object of my invention is to provide a horizontal bracket or arm pivoted at one end to the inner wall of a wardrobe or closet, adjacent to the door-opening thereof, and having at its other end arectangular frame for receiving the hooks of garment-han'ging frames, whereby the clothes may be compactly .hung within the wardrobe, whether it be shallow or deep, and swung outward for removal, as hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a sectional plan of a wardrobe, showing my improvement attached in place, the dottedlines showing the position the clothes-frame assumes when swung outwardly for removing any particular garment or garments therefrom. Fig. 2 is a broken sectional elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved hanger itself.

A A A represent the walls of an ordinary wardrobe; A, the shelf thereof, and B the doorway or opening into and out of which my clothes hanger or rack is swung.

0 represents an open rectangular frame constituting the rack or hanger proper, whose lower bar, 0, is engaged by the hooks d of garmentsuspension frames D.

E represents a bracket or arm, pivoted at one end upon a vertical axis, 6, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2,) immediately beneath the shelf A and having a bearing in the socket or eye F, which is preferably secured to the wall A of the wardrobe adjacent the door-opening.

Rack or frame 0 is rigidly secured midway its length to the outer end of the pivotal arm E by a bolt, (1, or other suitable means, and preferably at the angle shown-in Fig.1, so that in swinging it inwardly or outwardly the coatframes may clear the wall of the door-opening, as illustrated by the arrow and dotted arc-line in said figure of the drawings.

In operating my clothes-hanger, when it is desired to hang garments in place, the hanger assumes its normal position (shown in solid lines, Fig. 1) inside the wardrobe, one being pushed on the rack-loar c compactly against the other, thereby utilizing the space fully and suspending the clothes properly.

To remove any particular" garment in rear of the first or outer one, thedoor is opened, as shown, and the rack swung outwardly to the position indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 1, thereby presenting all the garments in a line before the individual.

It is obvious that the rack or frame 0 could be composed of asingle piece or bar attached centrally to the outer end of the pivotal arm E and a like result attained to that secured by the 'open rectangular frame.

I claim In a wardrobe or closet, a clothes-hanging device composed of an open or slotted frame, 0 c, and a bracketarm, E, the latter being pivotally attached at one end to theinner wall of said wardrobe, and having said slotted frame suspended from its other or outer end, and the several parts being constructed, arranged, and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and'for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention Ihavehereunto set my hand.

FRANZ [S J. RENNEK AMP.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. JoNEs, HENRY l/VINTETELING. 

